Archbishop fields questions about new building

Old building was totally handicap-inaccessible

Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, breaks ground at the new location for the John Paul II Pastoral Centre Aug. 29, 2013. The centre will contain offices, a chapel, meeting rooms, and nine suites for retired priests. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

The archbishop says it's time to move out of the former electrical warehouse that the archdiocesan offices have called home for more than 50 years. Within the next three months, the John Paul II Pastoral Centre will pack up and move south to a shiny new location near 33rd Avenue and Willow Street in Vancouver. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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